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Presentation by Srdjan Mrkić (UNSD) at the international conference on innovations in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems - Ottawa on 27-28 February 2018. See more at http://crvsinnovations.net

3.
Harnessing the Power: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems for 2030 Global
Agenda
Ottawa, Canada, 27-28 February 2018
Legal Framework – civil registration
 Principles of civil registration legislation
 Principle of legality – civil registration reflects reality, i.e. the events that occurred, once
registered, become legally valid
 Protecting interest of the individual – providing ready access to the service, full
information on procedure and outcomes, ensuring confidentiality and privacy of
individual information, easy retrieval
 Principle of official status – the law must give the registration agency the power and
authority to promote registration; update or correct entries in the register; ensure the
integrity of the civil registration system
 Compulsoriness of registration – the law has to spell out the obligation to register; to
outline that entries in the civil registration constitute the only official and legal proof of
civil status
 Simplification of the service
 Free service

8.
Harnessing the Power: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems for 2030 Global
Agenda
Ottawa, Canada, 27-28 February 2018
 Legal framework does not stop at the national level
 Since its inception, United Nations focusses on establishing, promoting and implementing
human rights
 In the context, United Nations emphasizes that the role played by civil registration in proving
and establishing, implementing and realizing many of the human rights embodied in
international declarations and conventions is one of its most important contributions to the
functioning of contemporary societies
Human rights

9.
Harnessing the Power: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems for 2030 Global
Agenda
Ottawa, Canada, 27-28 February 2018
 Human rights in the context of civil registration are spelled in
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1959
 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of
Marriages, 1962
 International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
 Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1967
 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990
Human rights legislation

10.
Harnessing the Power: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems for 2030 Global
Agenda
Ottawa, Canada, 27-28 February 2018
Concluding remarks
 Therefore, civil registration is crucial in enabling the exercise of basic human rights as civil
registration is
 Universal
 Continuous and permanent
 Compulsory
 Confidential
recording of the occurrence of vital events, their characteristics and the characteristics of
the persons concerned, in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations
of the country and the international human rights conventions. These records, issued
by the government, have legal value and can be used as proof of the occurrence in
any court of law